El Niño could impact wide range of commodities

Global farmers, fishermen, meteorologists and commodities traders are closely watching water temperatures in the South Pacific, waiting to see if the water will warm up this summer, a telltale sign of the El Niño phenomenon. According to the U.S. Climate Prediction Center, there is a roughly 65 percent chance that the climate pattern will develop, which could bring extreme weather conditions around the world. The last major El Niño event was in 1998.
Typically, El Niño brings drought to Australia, Asia and West Africa, which can wreak havoc on their commodity production, hurting those regions’ output of a wide range of commodities, including wheat, rice, coffee and cocoa………………………………………..Full Article: Source